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It sounds like the Breakfast Club with five teenagers, all from different groups, stuck together in detention. Yet things are off from the start, all of the kids claim that the cellphones that landed them there didn't belong to them. When one of them suddenly collapses from an anaphylactic attack, things get even stranger. Now Simon, the boy who had that anaphylactic attack, is dead and everyone in the room is a suspect when the tox screen comes back and it becomes clear that someone purposefully gave him peanut oil.

Uh spoilers probably?? ok most likely I can't really shut up so. Anyway I really enjoyed this one. It reminded me of one of those CW shows, and like I've said before, that is something I'm totally into. I just totally felt like a teenager again while reading this, in a good way, and that was fun. I even liked the ending here and I'm usually pretty eh about endings most of the time. It was a happy ending but it also felt real enough that I wasn't vomiting from how amazing everything was. I can't stand saccharine sweet endings. I mean I wish Nick hadn't pushed Bronwyn away after he gets out of jail but it felt like a really consistent reaction when considering the rest of his behavior in the book.

Also I really liked how each character's POV felt like an individual new person. I think a lot of times when authors have multiple POVs it feels like all the voices sort of blend together and sound too similar. And can I just say I really lobed Addy's growth as a character, like yes fuck your dick head boyfriend. Speaking of which the whole Jake thing was pretty fucked up. Once they started talking about Simon posting on 4chan on school shooting threads, I knew he set it up, but I totally didn't see the Jake thing coming. I also don't even know what to say about that because like what a huge fucking overreaction honestly, like just cause your girlfriend cheats on you doesn't mean you let someone who was your friend kill themselves and then frame her for it jesus fucking christ.

I also saw a bunch of reviews about the portrayal about sexuality and mental illness, and I'm not trying to disqualify anyone else's opinions or feelings but personally I didn't find it consistent with my own reading of the book. I don't think the author ever really slut shames, like the villain is the one doing it and it's clearly not endorsed. Also the homophobia wasn't glorified either. The picture of mental illness it paints isnt that nuanced but this book reads like pretty little liars or something and I wasn't really expecting it to have some conversation inducing portrayals of those things. It plays up on the drama and stereotypes and I guess thats not enjoyable for everyone but I personally liked it and just read for the enjoyment aspect more than much else.